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Gamers coming back to Borderlands 2 after finishing up with other holiday titles will be pleased to hear that Gearbox has released yet another DLC campaign add-on for the shooter. “Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt” begins with a relaxing hunting trip with Sir Hammerlock, which quickly falls apart as Professor Nakayama, a mad Hyperion scientist, makes trouble for the vault …

Sega and Gearbox this week released another sneak peek at the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines. This time, the eerie silence of a xenomorph hive onboard the U.S.S. Sulaco is shown off in all of its shiny glory. The art style was, quite obviously based on James Cameron’s Aliens. It appears, at least, that Gearbox has captured the look and feel …

Videogames based on the Aliens universe have been notoriously sub-par in the past. With Aliens: Colonial Marines, Gearbox is attempting to give the franchise a videogame it can finally be proud of. It remains to be seen whether the gameplay and design of the game will impress players, but it appears the developer has at least provided a relevant story. …

All large publishers are selling pre-sale packages of future promised DLC for their triple-A titles, but too often some of those promised add-ons end up being rather sparse, or an odd amalgamation of features. Take, for example, the Xbox 360 exclusive DLC just released for Resident Evil 6, which only contains new multiplayer modes. Gearbox, then, deserves some credit for …

The talk of the gaming world may be Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Halo 4, and the Wii U, but Gearbox is still pumping out new content for Borderlands 2 at what appears to be a monthly pace. The newest DLC for Borderlands 2 is titled “Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage,” and will see players enter a tournament to …

Gearbox may have kicked off the holiday gaming season early with the release of Borderlands 2, but the game developer isn’t slouching now that games such as Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops II have arrived. The company has already released one major DLC titled Captain Scarlett and her Pirate’s Booty (two if you count the Mechromancer add-on …

Gearbox want to make sure gamers aren’t jumping off the Borderlands 2 bandwagon and playing any of the other fantastic games that are being released in the next few weeks. Already, the company challenged the launch of Dishonored by releasing the new Mechromancer pre-order downloadable content (DLC) class one week early. Tomorrow, Gearbox is releasing the first major DLC for …

Seeing the amazing trailers to the twisted humor of the game itself, it’s clear that Gearbox is having a lot of fun developing Borderlands 2. The company certainly hasn’t been slacking off, either. Today, Gearbox President Randy Pitchford announced that Gaige ,the Mechromancer DLC class for Borderlands 2, is now available – a full week before it was scheduled to …

Back at PAX East in April, Gearbox revealed that a fifth class would be joining the new vault hunters already revealed for Borderlands 2. Though not much was known at the time, we now know that the mechromancer will be named Gaige and that she is bonus downloadable content (DLC) for those who pre-ordered the game, and will be released …

Borderlands 2 has beaten Mass Effect 3 and claimed the title of best-selling debut launch of 2012 for the U.K. According to Chart-track, Gearbox’s and 2k Games’ Borderlands sequel has sold over 4,000 more copies than Bioware’s and EA’s Mass Effect 3 did during its spring release. Chart-track is a home entertainment market research company that was founded in 1996. …

The trailers for Borderlands 2 have so far been fantastic. Specifically, the launch date announcement trailer was fun for those who enjoy dubstep, and the later “Wimoweh” trailer calmed things down for those who enjoy the classics. Today, on the eve of the game’s launch, 2K and Gearbox released the launch trailer for Borderlands 2. While it doesn’t have the …

Gearbox must have hired the most eclectic and creative marketing team in video game company history, then dumped pallets of money into their office and said, “go!” That’s how it feels anyway, with Borderlands 2 having some of the best trailers of the year, an unbelievably cool limited edition of the game, and a playable 16-bit version called The Border …